Memory Lane on the brain

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If I had to name one player from the second half of the 20th century who is criminally underappreciated by baseball fans and collectors it would prob be Frank Robinson.

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

In general, it seemed like "highest graded examples" did quite well, but some non-highest graded examples retreated slightly.

E.g. 1955 Topps Ted Williams PSA 9 (highest graded) sold for over $70K, which is almost $50K more than the last one sold in 2020.

1970 Ernie Banks PSA 10 went for $63K, which is more than $10K than one sold by REA in April.

1975 Gary Carter PSA 10 Rookie sold for $56K, which is $8K more than one sold for in a Memory Lane auction in February.

1957 Frank Robinson PSA 9 (highest graded) Rookie sold for $55K, which is more than $10K than the last two sold a month ago in REA and in April via Goldin in May, but not the record of $69K earlier in May via Heritage.

(Hard to believe the highest graded F. Robinson can't outsell Gary Carter)

Even some cards that weren't the highest graded ever, such as the '52 Bowman PSA 8 Mantle and '56 Koufax PSA 9 broke records.

But some that weren't "the highest graded" such as '33 Ruth #144 PSA 4.5, '34 Goudey Gehrig #37 PSA 7, Koufax PSA 8 Rookie and PSA 9 Koufax 2nd year did not break records, but were still much higher than 2 years ago.

All in all, prices continue to be very strong. (Note, I don't have VCP, so I am just using the PSA website, which may be incomplete/inaccurate).